Sewless button or cuff link



- Oct. 14, 1952 J. IBANEZ 2,613,418

SEWLESS BUTTON OR CUFF LINK Filed Oct. 21, 1949 :1 INVENTOR. JOSEPH lBA Z ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 14, 1952 v UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE' 2,613,418 SEWLESS BUTTON R CUFF LINK Joseph ,Ibanez, New York, N. Y. Application October 21, 1949, Serial No. 122,605

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a sewless button.

It'is an object of the present invention to provide a button which can be applied to cloth which does not have to be sewed whereby to make easy the attachment of buttons to clothing and wherein the button can be readily detached, if desired, to permit the easy cleaning and pressing of the garment.

Other objects of the present. invention are to provide a sewless button which is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to apply to the clothing, has a minimum number of parts, compact, can swivel and be turned, will be held in a straight position upon the clothing and will not sag and will be efiicient in ope-ration.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig.1 is a perspective view of the button parts i "showing the same being assembled upon a piece of garment.

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively perspective views illustrating the manner in which the button is extended over the retaining element disposed on the garment.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken generally on line 5-5 of Fig. 4, with the parts coupled together and supported upon the cloth.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the outer member of the button part and looking upon the depression for receiving the stud point.

Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the separable portions of the button part.

Fig. 8 is a collective and perspective view of a cuff link arrangement using the features of the invention with one element removed.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the parts assen bled upon a cuff and a part of the assembly shown in section.

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary sectional View of a modified form of the invention employing two button parts and a stud having pointed ends for receiving the buttons.

Referring now to the figures, [I] represents a stud which has a sharp pointed end portion H and a narrow diameter portion I2 forming an annular groove I3 with enlargements at the opposite sides thereof. A large flat head It is provided upon the rear end of the stud to prevent the outward displacement of. the stud from garment piece iii.

The button is formed of inner and outer cupshaped members [8 and I1 tightly fitted together and crimped at their outer flanges, as indicated at I8, to prevent their displacement. Over the top of the assembled cup-shaped members l6 and H is a covering l9 which may be of metal, plastic, or any other suitable and ornamental material.

The cup-shaped member I1 is provided with an arcuate slot or opening 2| having an enlarged opening 22 communicating therewith, said opening being of a size adapting it to freely receive the enlarged portion of the stud Ill. Said arouate slot is narrowed, as indicated at 23, and :it communicates with a relatively small opening or hole 24 positioned substantially at the center-10f the member [1. The disposition of the openings 22 and 24 is such that a distendable or bendable tab is formed between them and provides awall of the narrow slot 23. The width of said slot 23 is slightly less than the diameter of the groove 13 in the stud Ill. When the stud is inserted in the enlarged opening 2.2 and the groove 13 thereof aligned with the slot 23, movement ofthe stud through said slot will be possible as the tab 25 will be distended by pressure of said stud thereagainst to widen said slot a distance to make that movement possible. When the stud reaches the small opening 24 the annular wall of said opening enters said groove [3 and the tab 25 automatically assumes its normal position to lock the stud to the cup-shaped member I! and make the button secure to the garment l5.

To further make secure the stud upon the button in its centered position thereupon, there is provided in the member IS a small depression 26, Fig. 7, aligning with the opening 24 and receiving the pointed end ll of the stud. This depression will keep the stud from moving out of the small opening 24 at the end of the slot 2|.

In Figs. 8 and 9, thereis shown the adaptation of the invention to cuff links. This cuff assembly uses the features of the present invention. One of the links, as indicated at 28 has a stud 29 thereon with a narrow diameter portion 3| and an enlarged end 32. Another link part 33 is formed of two cup-shaped members 34 and 35 tightly fitted together and provided with the arcuate slot 36 of the same formation as above described in connection with the previous form of the invention. The stud 29 will be inserted through the openings in cufi 3'! and thereafter the part 33 will be fitted upon the stud 29 whereby to keep the parts in their assembled positions. Slight force can be used to depress the member 34 and more particularly the portions about the slot thereof in order that the narrow diameter P01231011 can he slid into the small section of the S10 In Fig. 10, there is shown a modified form of the invention wherein two button parts 4| and 42 are connected respectively to the opposite ends of a stud 43 having respectively pointed tips to pass through the material. With this construction, button parts can be located on the pposite sides of a garment piece 44. The button parts are constructed similarly to the button part previously described with the arcuate slots therein of the proper shape to receive the pointed ends of the stud 43 and provided with the narrow diameter portions. One of the button parts can be first fixed to a stud and then the stud can be formed through the garment piece for connection with the other button part. A button part which can be easily swiveled is thus provided on the opposite sides of a garment piece.

It should be apparent that there has been provided a button and cufi link construction which is of simple design and which permits the but tons or cuff links, to be quickly and easily inserted into the material and made secure by the simple fixing of a button or link part over a stud having a narrow diameter portion that finally becomes seated in a small retaining opening. It will be apparent that the button or the link can swivel or rotate upon the stud and thus prevent blows upon the same from weakening the connection of the button or link element upon the garment.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A button assembly including a shank and a head, said stud being provided with a peripheral groove and with a pointed free end for piercing a fabric, a hollow button consisting of two oppositely-disposed cup-shaped elements interfitting with each other, one of said cup-shaped elements having a depression in a Wall thereof and so positioned as to receive the pointed end of said stud and the other of said cup-shaped elements having an opening of a size adapting it to freely receive said stud and a relatively small centrally disposed opening registering with said depression and of a size adapting it to receive and interfit with the groove in said stud, said other cupshaped member also being provided with a substantially semicircular arcuate slot communicating with and connectin said openings together and of a width slightly less than the diameter of said groove and a tab positioned between said openings and formed by said semicircular slot and forming a portion of said other cup-shaped element and also acting as a wall of said arcuate slot, said tab being resilient and distended by pressure of said stud thereagainst to widen said arcuate slot and thereby permit passage of said stud therethrough and to assume its normal position after the groove in said stud becomes engaged with said small opening to form a lock for said stud.

JOSEPH IBANEZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 237,415 Sundberg Feb. 8, 1881 546,162 King Sept. 10, 1895 729,782 Murphy June 2, 1903 1,867,126 Wiley July 12, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 5,121 Great Britain of 1908 85,439 Switzerland June 16, 1920 

